Our Presence
Government School Adoption Program
CARE Foundation is the pioneer of a Government School Adoption Program in Pakistan.
It is a unique partnership of the private and public sector to provide quality education to the masses through previously failed government schools.
The partnership began in 1998 when the Metropolitan Corporation of Lahore offered CARE to adopt the failed government-run schools. The schools were in a terrible condition, but CARE accepted this huge challenge, despite its limited resources.
Ten failed government schools were adopted as a pilot project. CARE transformed these schools by providing trained staff and missing facilities including furniture, science laboratories, libraries, computer labs and additional classrooms, as well as clean drinking water.
The changes in academic infrastructure and teaching methodology have increased the enrolment rate in these schools by 500 percent.
Today, CARE is educating thousands of children in over 850 schools adopted from the government.
It has proven to be a highly cost effective and scalable model, utilising the existing infrastructure. The model can be replicated in as many schools across Pakistan as resources permit.
Our Presence
Expanding CARE
With our ambition to raise educational standards across the entire country, the CARE Foundation has expanded over the years. From building schools to training centres, our network covers a substantial area across cities and provinces. We aim to grow even more to help children prosper, with the right educational resources.
What We Aim For
We Work Hard to Educate Every Child
With our ambition to raise educational standards across the entire country, the CARE Foundation has expanded over the years. From building schools to training centres, our network covers a substantial area across cities and provinces. We aim to grow even more to help children prosper, with the right educational resources.
CARE Owned Schools
Alongside the adopted schools, with the support of donors across the globe, CARE currently runs 33 purpose-built schools.
Beacons of light, these schools are all co-educational and run from nursery to intermediate level. The teachers are rigorously trained and their performance monitored. The schools are equipped with educational facilities including computer labs, science labs, libraries, well ventilated and spacious classrooms, toilets and clean drinking water.
Nishat CARE High School (NCHS)
Nishat CARE High School (NCHS) became part of the CARE Foundation in 2011. It provides quality education at an international standard, benefiting students, the community and the wider world. The school is unique in its region, as well as modern. It endeavours to be open to change, to adopt, innovate and keep pace with society, to help students step confidently into the highly competitive workplace.
CARE Adopted Schools
We’re upgrading schools across the country with the mission of providing all children with standardised education, a learning supportive eco-system, and a gateway to new opportunities.
With the help of our team and contributors, CARE Foundation has progressively developed new schools and/or adopted low performing schools to elevate their rank.
Chamra Mandi School
When CARE Foundation adopted this girls’ high school in 2004, the walls were crumbling and student enrolment was zero. Today, it teaches 2000 students. The administration has adopted a student-centred approach to providing education, and parent teacher meetings take place bi-annually. The school has an enormous positive effect on nearby communities.